Minnesota Farm Economy Oral History Project: Interview with David Lunde

Titles: Minnesota Farm Economy Oral History Project: Interview with David Lunde (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: David Lunde is a farmer in Hayward, Minnesota. He grew up on his family's farm, originally homesteaded by his grandfather in 1870. He and his brother became partners with their father in the farm beginning in the late 1940s, after they returned from military service in World War II. Mr. Lunde also served in the Korean war. In 1960, Lunde purchased the family farm from his father. He continued to farm until 1989 when he and his wife sold the farm to a neighbor and moved to town. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Lunde family history; selling the family farm; serving on the board of directors for Mid-America Dairymen; political aspects of farming; Workmen's Compensation; hiring help; military service; purchase of farm from father; growing up; involvement in 4-H; dairying; testifying before the House Subcommittee of Dairy, Poultry and Livestock for the 1985 Farm Bill; necessity of a two-income family; ethnicity and religion in the Hayward area; the Federal Land Bank; the co-op movement; mediation process; the 1980s farm crisis as part of a cycle; marketing; young people in farming; corporate farming; dairying in Arizona, California, and Florida; Hayward's businesses and future; the environment and use of chemicals; the seed corn business; 1959 Wilson Plant strike in Albert Lea; appreciation of farmers; dairy and growth hormones; the future of family farms.

Dates

• 05/01/1989 - 06/06/1989 (Audio interview conducted 5/1/1989 and video interview 6/6/1989.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Lunde, David
• interviewer: Robertson, Margaret A.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 76
• Accession Number: AV1988.167.13
• Accession Number: AV1999.261.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Farm Economy Oral History Project' <OH 76>

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 26 pages transcript 1.33 hours videocassette

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: moving images
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 90 minutes length

Subjects

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